So, since last time, here's what's been going on...

Turkey Bowl on Thanksgiving up at Danny's parent's house

Fun times playing with little brothers

First Christmas Tree :)

 I successfully made my mother-in-law's delicious Island Pork Tenderloin with coconut rice! So good, one of my favorites.

 My niece, Chloe was blessed in church.  This is my grandma holding her--I love seeing the different generations together.

 Danny's parent's dog, Lola, had puppies! They thought there was only gonna be two, but there ended up being four! They're only two weeks old and their eyes are just starting to open--so precious!

We've also been able to go down to the see the Festival of Lights, get lots of Christmas shopping done, and watch the series Band of Brothers (highly recommended!).  We got to spend a weekend with Danny's family while all of his cousins were in town.  I think we packed about 23 people into the house that night.  A little crowded, but it made for a great game of Mafia!  We also got to steal a few of Danny's siblings for a couple of days.  Danny's little brother, Lawson, and his little sister, Madeline, came to a BYU Basketball game with us while they were down here. I was a little worried about the team since Jimmer's gone, but they're looking really good!

It feels so good to be done with the semester--finishing finals seriously makes me feel so accomplished! It's crazy that I've lived in Utah for 3 1/2 years and to think of all of the changes that have happened since moving here.  Only 13 credits left to go!  Anyway, we're just working for the next couple days, then we're headed to Delaware for Christmas!  Can't wait!

California

Sometimes you really just need to get out of Utah, and since we had almost a week and a half off for Thanksgiving break, we decided to head down to California before Thanksgiving day.  Danny's brother Matt and my friend Lindsay came down with us.  We left early Saturday morning and came back on Wednesday.  Surprisingly, leaving at 5am isn't so bad--the trip goes by a lot faster. We had such a fun time--a break like that is always necessary when you're in school.  We caught up with a lot of family, ate way too much, spent some time at the beach, and relaxed.

On the way down we stopped in Vegas to eat at one of my favorite Delaware sandwich shops.  I was so excited when I found out that there was a Capriotti's in Vegas.  Somehow it's grown out of Delaware and into the states all around there, then they decided to build a few in Vegas, and one even in St. George, Utah :)

One of the days we decided to go to the Long Beach Aquarium! I am a little kid when it comes to zoos and aquariums.  Seriously, ask my mom.  When I was little I plastered myself to the dolphin tank at the Baltimore Aquarium when we went.  The seals were my favorite thing at the Long Beach Aquarium though--hence the reason why I took so many pictures of them.  It's pretty tricky getting any kind of good pictures with the glass and reflections, but I managed to get a few.

The jellyfish were mesmerizing. 

After the Aquarium we went over to check out the Queen Mary--it was huge! We really wanted to get on it and look around, but that would've been $30 a person-ridiculous.  Danny loves historical things though, so it was neat to even just look around.

I love the beaches in California--they're so different from the east coast.  The cliffs are so pretty, and if those beach houses weren't millions of dollars, we'd be there in a second.

It was an awesome break from life, and we will for sure be back to visit again asap!

Early Thanksgiving

My parents came out to Utah last week to see their newest little granddaughter.  Because none of us have been in Delaware for Thanksgiving since graduating high school, my mom decided to do a yummy pre-Thanksgiving dinner for all of us over at my sister Caitlyn's house.  This meant a lot of delicious food, yummy pies, and Chloe time.  Here are some pictures I took of her--she's 4 weeks old now--crazy!

And as a side note, we had our first... and last... tournament game for intramural soccer! Caitlyn and my mom came out for it and we got a cute (slightly awkward) team picture at the end! Love these girls.

BYU

Last weekend Danny’s little sister Savannah came to stay with us.  We had so much fun with her and showing her around campus.  We managed to find some tickets to the football game against Idaho State for the Saturday that she was with us so we got to go to the game too!  It was a total blow out—I think we won something like 56-3—but it was still way fun!

Sometimes I forget how nice BYU is and how lucky I am to go to such a great school.  The people, the academics, the sports, and the campus--all amazing. Here are a few pictures I took while I was showing Savannah around campus.

Baby Buhler!

My sister had her baby! I had the chance to be in the room when she had her, and it was seriously the most amazing thing I've ever seen.  I figured that's not something you get to see every day, and my mom wasn't able to be there for her.  They named her Chloe ReNae, and she weighed a wopping 6.12 lbs.  She had quite the cone head and a little bit of trouble breathing at first, but is doing great now.

She is just the most precious little thing.

Fall is Here

Fall is here and I am loving it.  Honestly, the only thing I have against fall is the fact that it's too short and it leads into winter.  In Utah, as soon as winter hits you don't see spring until about May, if that.  I love the crunchy leaves on the ground, the red mountains, the cooler weather and the anticipation of the holidays.  It's actually nice being really busy again too.  Danny and I are both in school full time and working 20 hours.  I'm still at Helaman, and Danny is working at Scottrade (he was also working at the MTC until just a couple of days ago, but that's a long story).  Danny's on an intramural football team and basketball team, and I'm on an intramural soccer team.  I also just started doing some volunteer work five hours a week for one of my classes.  Our weeks have been pretty packed but we've managed to make time to see friends and family as well.  Here are some pictures from this semester!

We tied this game, but it seriously felt like we won.  The score was 3-3--they scored 3 goals in the first half, and we came back to tie it in the second half (with our wonderful goalie Kara missing I might add).  I even played goalie for part of the time which is always an awful experience as you can see from the second picture down. And yes, to answer your question, that ball did go in.  I seem to forget that I can use my hands in goal.  We've had an interesting season so far, but  I love the girls on the team and it's so nice to be playing soccer again! I swear, when you graduate high school you really don't realize that it is so much harder to find somewhere to play.

On a Sunday afternoon a couple weeks ago we decided to go exploring.  We stopped by Bridal Veil falls, but it was way too crowded to go up.  So instead we kept driving up the canyon and eventually found this adorable park hidden back in the canyon.  There were so many famillies there, all barbecuing, playing games, playing in the creak, etc.  I just loved how hidden it was.

Danny's dad is from New Zealand, hence my new last name.  Because of this, I have been completely exposed to a new culture since meeting Danny and it has been so fun.  Right now, the Rugby World Cup is going on and since the NZ All Blacks were playing Australia (huge rivals) in the semi finals, everyone got together at Danny's Uncle Vaughny's house to watch the game..... at 2 o'clock in the morning. I almost made it the whole game. It was actually really fun to watch--much easier to follow than high school or even college rugby.

My sister is pregnant! And she has been... for the past nine months.  But I still am that excited about it and the baby is due in just a couple of weeks! Anyway, we did a baby shower for her mid September and it was so fun!

We were also able to go to Danny's  little brother Lawson's football game last weekend. Little kid flag football is so cute, and they were surprisingly good!

And finally, here is an exciting sneak peak at my volunteer hours with Wasatch Mental Health--color and play games with the children in the waiting room while watching Disney movies.  Some hard stuff right there!

Have a lovely day!